5 or 6 years ago I went to a show ATDI was headlining. Neither me nor my girlfriend had even heard of them yet and she was tired so we left before they played. I regret that one just a little to say the least.

oh lord it's even worse when you get into bands *after* they break up. all i've been listening to recently is at the drive-in, refused, and apocalypse hoboken...all three of which are no longer existent. and i never got to see common rider either :-( i think this means that next time fugazi goes on tour, i'm going, no matter where it is.

hah ah a
brilliant. i think we were gonna do that actually. never got around to it though.
you should come check the board out again though. skwert joined so now everybody is too busy kissing his ass to make stupid posts. it's kinda ordered again. plus skwert is pretty cool so it's a double plus. wait, that's bad... but... no... it's good.

I didn't even know Common Rider had a concrete line-up. I thought it was just a vehicle for Jesse Micheals' stuff. Didn't they do a "common rider" release what was with Billie and Jason from Green Day/PinheadGunpowder??
*shrug*
I don't think it'll be another 10 years before we see Jesse Micheals again.

He always had Mass Giorgini (Squirtgun, Screeching Weasel)producer extraordinaire on bass and Dan Lumley (Squirtgun, Screeching Weasel, The Mopes and a zillion other bands)on drums. They are two of the nicest guys I have ever had the pleasure of hanging out with. This sucks...........

you honestly think he was riding the success of op ivy? that does not seem like something he would do. and if that was his *master plan*, why did he wait so long to ride the coat-tails of op ivy?? just doesnt make sense.

I ain't waiting another 10 fucking years Jesse. You got to stop doing this to your fans, or else we might not be there when you finally decide to stick with something. I can't help but wonder if this is caused by the passing of Strummer - Jesse's idol? Hmmm...

"This is Unity Music" was boring boring. I listened to it three times in a row trying to love it. I was also kind of disappointed by the five minutes I saw them live. Yell at me.
So Hopeless is down to how many bands now?

GOOD.
The only reason anyone gave a shit about this band was because it was "Jesse Michaels' new band".
The people on here bitching because people "gave a shit about Promise Ring" are forgetting something: despite one hell of a miss on Very Emergency, Promise Ring made GOOD MUSIC especially on their last effort which was BY FAR the best cd to come out in a long long long long LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time.
Common Rider toured a bit and put out a cd that sold a bit and both of them really were generally boring; pretty much like slower Op Ivy.
In conclusion: The world is better off without them.

no one cares? what the fuck is wrong with you? go through hear and count all the people who think this sucks and actually liked the fucking band. i cant believe how fucking retarded that comment is. thats the biggest dumbass comment of the day. i agree with the person above me. you came back, great. now go the fuck away. stupid fuck.
~Zäk

good job on changing the subject to making fun of my name. now if only you could distiguish the difference between a c and a k. and jo is an actual name, its the girls equivalent of joe. there are many girls named jo. so you simply continued to prove your an idiot. way to go.
~Zäk

true, I messed up your name, for some reason I thought it was a C and not a K. But, I was referring to Jo's that are guys (my old science teacher), as a full real name, I am not talking about any Josephines.
lastly...where in cali do you live? don't say so cal, give me a city, maybe we can go to a show together
*****Wuss-Emo-Rock*****

the snows going fast. i think it'll be gone in a couple weeks. it sucks, but it's michigan weather. i used to live in new hampshire. it was even worse there. i'm not from cali, nor have i ever been there. my brother goes to school there though.
~Zäk

that was really stupid of you to say. obviously if there are 83 comments that say they are disappointed by this news, people care. you'd be lucky to get 15 comments if one of your horse's ass, crybaby, talentless, trendy emo bands broke up. Fuck you, seriously. some people praise you for your readiness to criticise and be criticised, but i havent read one post by you that isnt completely devoid of anything mildly coherent. do yourself a favour and hop over to the punknews.com boards you lousy fuck.

I can't stand Common Rider. Jesse needs to call it quits for good and get the hell out of the music scene, granted thank you for Operation Ivy, now go away. His lyrics are the same rhetoric that he's been spouting off since his time with Lint and Matt. "This is Unity Music"... give me a fucking break, if your'e going to milk something, milk a cow, not some fucking slogan that is preached by peace punx who don't know anything else to say (that doesn't mean I have beef with peace punx, just a selected few). Besides, Common Rider put on one of the worst shows I have ever seen. Waste of money and time, rather spend 15bucks on a OpIvy bootleg.